we've colonized your mind
Atlas of Absence · Structural Void Documentation
On first load, the site appears to be a straightforward survey titled “Social Problems in Local Environment.” It invites the user to rate living conditions in their municipality. The form includes items like local job market, childcare for children up to 3 years, preschool education, and primary education, each with radio‑button options ranging from “Very good” to “Bad.” There is a small toggle labelled “Truth Mode” at the top of the page, and a privacy and analytics notice explaining that only anonymous interaction data are collected for artistic/educational purposescolonial-survey-analysis.pages.dev.
After clicking the Truth Mode toggle, the page’s styling shifts to a red theme and the survey title and questions change dramatically. The page now reads “Colonial Compliance Assessment Survey,” with a subtitle that openly states it is “measuring how successfully we’ve colonized your mind and land.” The former benign‑sounding categories are replaced with subversive labels such as “Economic Dependency Level,” “Early Indoctrination Success,” and “Cultural Erasure Progress,” each with options like Fully Colonized or Colonial Failurecolonial-survey-analysis.pages.dev. The Truth Mode banner explicitly notes it is “revealing colonial subtexts,” indicating that the original survey language masked deeper colonialist implications. This interactive mode transforms the survey from a neutral‑seeming questionnaire into a critical commentary on colonial narratives
After clicking the Truth Mode toggle, the page’s styling shifts to a red theme and the survey title and questions change dramatically. The page now reads “Colonial Compliance Assessment Survey,” with a subtitle that openly states it is “measuring how successfully we’ve colonized your mind and land.” The former benign‑sounding categories are replaced with subversive labels such as “Economic Dependency Level,” “Early Indoctrination Success,” and “Cultural Erasure Progress,” each with options like Fully Colonized or Colonial Failurecolonial-survey-analysis.pages.dev. The Truth Mode banner explicitly notes it is “revealing colonial subtexts,” indicating that the original survey language masked deeper colonialist implications. This interactive mode transforms the survey from a neutral‑seeming questionnaire into a critical commentary on colonial narratives